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dài to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute / generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon
letter / symbol / character / word / CL:個|个[ge4] / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
háng (bound form) row; line / (bound form) line of business; trade; profession / (bound form) commercial firm / (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row; (Tw) column / classifier for rows or lines
阿姨 ā maternal aunt / step-mother / childcare worker / nursemaid / woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child) / CL:個|个[ge4]
衰老 shuāi lǎo to age / to deteriorate with age / old and weak
老化 lǎo huà (of a person, population or material) to age / (of knowledge) to become outdated
养儿防老 yǎng ér fáng lǎo (of parents) to bring up children for the purpose of being looked after in old age
千古 qiān for all eternity / throughout all ages / eternity (used in an elegiac couplet, wreath etc dedicated to the dead)
中古 zhōng medieval / Middle Ages / Chinese middle antiquity, 3rd to 9th centuries, including Sui and Tang Dynasties / Middle (of a language, e.g. Middle English) / used / second-hand
倚老卖老 lǎo mài lǎo (idiom) to flaunt one's seniority; to rely on one's age or length of experience to control or belittle others
孝敬 xiào jìng to show filial respect / to give presents (to one's elders or superiors) / to support one's aged parents
及笄 to reach marriageable age (a girl's fifteenth birthday)
享年 xiǎng nián to live to the (ripe) age of
服老 lǎo to admit to one's advancing years / to acquiesce to old age
熟成 shú chéng (of wine, cheese, beef etc) to age; to mature
半百 bàn bǎi fifty (usually referring to sb's age)
擦边 biān to make light contact with the edge of sth / (fig.) to be nearly (a certain age); to be close to (danger) / (fig.) to be marginal (in terms of relevance or legality)
白头偕老 bái tóu xié lǎo (idiom) (of a married couple) to live together until old age; to remain lifelong companions
余绪 vestigial residue / a throwback (to a former age)
变老 biàn lǎo to grow old / to age / aging
叶落归根 luò guī gēn a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); everything has its ancestral home / In old age, an expatriate longs to return home.
养老送终 yǎng lǎo sòng zhōng to look after one's aged parents and arrange proper burial after they die
上有老下有小 shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom) / fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children / sandwich generation
老吾老,以及人之老,幼吾幼,以及人之幼 lǎo lǎo , rén zhī lǎo , yòu yòu , rén zhī yòu to honor old people as we do our own aged parents, and care for other's children as one's own
怪叔叔 guài shū shu queer uncle, referring to a young to middle-aged male pedophile (Internet slang)


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